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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 01:52 AM
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All the lads are gone now.....
Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 01:55 AM by Are_grits_groceries
I feel like I'm losing all of them.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
"HENRY V" WS

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 01:54 AM
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1. I am weeping for us.......and them...
Thank you for these perfect lines...

K&R

:cry:
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 02:04 AM
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2. I hope this doesn't kill Bobby Byrd, but it wouldn't surprise me.
He's been ill, too. IIRC, he just go out of the hospital recently.
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 02:04 AM
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3. He's got spunk though... nt
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 02:07 AM
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5. Yes, he does,
but I can't help thinking about how upset he got at the Inaugural Luncheon when Teddy had that seizure.
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 02:05 AM
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4. True.
I was surprised when Sen. Byrd returned this last time.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 02:08 AM
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6. I miss them all
so much. :cry:
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 02:12 AM
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7. Whats left of the flag.......
Floggling Molly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojKoTjsSks8

His eyes they closed
and his last breath spoke
he had seen all to be seen
a life once full
now an empty vase
wilt the blossoms
on his early grave

walk away me boys
walk away me boys
and by morning we'll be free
wipe that golden tear
from your mother dear
and raise what's left
of the flag for me
then the rosary beads
count them 1 2 3
fell apart as they hit the floor
in a garb of black
we must pay respect
to the color we were born to mourn
walk away me boys
walk away me boys
and by morning we'll be free
wipe that golden tear
from your mother dear
and raise what's left
of the flag for me

In its place grew
an angry festered wound
full of hatered and remorse
where I pick and scratch
till the blood it matched
silent rage that now fills my lungs
for there are many ways
to kill a man they say
with bayonet, axe or sword
but son a bullet fired
from a shapeless guise
just put the shell of a Thompson gun

walk away me boy
walk away me boys
and by morning we'll be free
wipe that golden tear
from your mother dear
and raise what's left
of the flag for me

from the east out to the western shore
where many men and many more will fall
but no angel flies with me tonight
though freedom reigns on all
and curse the name for which
we slaved our days
so every men chose Kingdom Come
But sure as night turns day
it's the passion play
oh my god
what have they done
with madman's rage
well they dug our graves
but the dead rise again you fools

walk away me boy
walk away me boys
and by morning we'll be free
wipe that golden tear
from your mother dear
and raise what's left
of the flag for me

walk away me boy
walk away me boys
and by morning we'll be free
wipe that golden tear
from your mother dear
and raise what's left
of the flag for me
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